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issybird · 05-02-2012, 06:21 PM

Mmmm! Old book smell! If they bottled it, I might not wear it, but I'd sniff it regularly. There's a scent called Messe de Minuit which smells of cold stone and mold. Unwearable but fascinating.

Except, as HIMS says, the cigarette smell. Nothing can spoil a library book faster than having had the previous reader be a smoker.

05-02-2012, 06:21 PM	#8
issybird o saeclum infacetum Posts: 21,369 Karma: 235205657 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: New England Device: Mini, H2O, Glo HD, Aura One, PW4, PW5	Mmmm! Old book smell! If they bottled it, I might not wear it, but I'd sniff it regularly. There's a scent called Messe de Minuit which smells of cold stone and mold. Unwearable but fascinating. Except, as HIMS says, the cigarette smell. Nothing can spoil a library book faster than having had the previous reader be a smoker.